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From: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, me@ttaylorr.com, peff@peff.net,
	newren@gmail.com, Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] Harden the sparse-checkout builtin
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 15:32:36 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <19493656-c7d0-5916-7f9d-46c3183d2d77@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqzheoil82.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

On 1/15/2020 2:16 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> "Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Also, let's improve Git's response to these more complicated scenarios:
>>
>>  1. Running "git sparse-checkout init" in a worktree would complain because
>>     the "info" dir doesn't exist.
>>  2. Tracked paths that include "*" and "" in their filenames.
>>  3. If a user edits the sparse-checkout file to have non-cone pattern, such
>>     as "*" anywhere or "" in the wrong place, then we should respond
>>     appropriately. That is: warn that the patterns are not cone-mode, then
>>     revert to the old logic.
> 
> It seems somebody ate a letter to make "<some letter>" into "" an
> empty string, so I cannot quite grok the above list---two out of
> three bullet points are not quite readable.

In 2., the "" should be "\".

In 3., the "*" and "" should be "**" and "*" respectively.

These are things that are being collapsed by GitHub's markdown
processing. Sorry that this affects GitGitGadget's cover letter.

By escaping appropriately, these show up correctly and hopefully
will be fixed in v2.

-Stolee

  reply	other threads:[~2020-01-15 20:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 82+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-01-14 19:25 [PATCH 0/8] Harden the sparse-checkout builtin Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-14 19:25 ` [PATCH 1/8] t1091: use check_files to reduce boilerplate Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-16 21:40   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-01-14 19:25 ` [PATCH 2/8] sparse-checkout: create leading directories Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-16 21:46   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-01-14 19:25 ` [PATCH 3/8] clone: fix --sparse option with URLs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-14 19:30   ` Taylor Blau
2020-01-14 19:25 ` [PATCH 4/8] sparse-checkout: cone mode does not recognize "**" Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-14 21:16   ` Jeff King
2020-01-14 19:25 ` [PATCH 5/8] sparse-checkout: detect short patterns Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-14 19:26 ` [PATCH 6/8] sparse-checkout: warn on incorrect '*' in patterns Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-14 19:26 ` [PATCH 7/8] sparse-checkout: properly match escaped characters Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-14 21:21   ` Jeff King
2020-01-14 22:08     ` Derrick Stolee
2020-01-14 19:26 ` [PATCH 8/8] sparse-checkout: write escaped patterns in cone mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-14 21:25   ` Jeff King
2020-01-14 22:11     ` Derrick Stolee
2020-01-14 22:48       ` Jeff King
2020-01-24 21:10         ` Derrick Stolee
2020-01-24 21:42           ` Jeff King
2020-01-28 15:03             ` Derrick Stolee
2020-01-14 19:34 ` [PATCH 0/8] Harden the sparse-checkout builtin Taylor Blau
2020-01-14 19:44   ` Derrick Stolee
2020-01-14 21:31     ` Jeff King
2020-01-15 19:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-01-15 20:32   ` Derrick Stolee [this message]
2020-01-24 21:19 ` [PATCH v2 00/12] " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-24 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 01/12] t1091: use check_files to reduce boilerplate Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-24 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 02/12] t1091: improve here-docs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-24 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 03/12] sparse-checkout: create leading directories Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-24 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 04/12] clone: fix --sparse option with URLs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-24 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 05/12] sparse-checkout: fix documentation typo for core.sparseCheckoutCone Jeff King via GitGitGadget
2020-01-24 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 06/12] sparse-checkout: cone mode does not recognize "**" Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-24 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 07/12] sparse-checkout: detect short patterns Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-24 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 08/12] sparse-checkout: warn on incorrect '*' in patterns Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-24 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 09/12] sparse-checkout: properly match escaped characters Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-24 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 10/12] sparse-checkout: write escaped patterns in cone mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-24 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 11/12] sparse-checkout: use C-style quotes in 'list' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-24 21:19   ` [PATCH v2 12/12] sparse-checkout: improve docs around 'set' in cone mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-28 18:26   ` [PATCH v3 00/12] Harden the sparse-checkout builtin Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-28 18:26     ` [PATCH v3 01/12] t1091: use check_files to reduce boilerplate Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-28 18:26     ` [PATCH v3 02/12] t1091: improve here-docs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-28 18:26     ` [PATCH v3 03/12] sparse-checkout: create leading directories Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-28 18:26     ` [PATCH v3 04/12] clone: fix --sparse option with URLs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-28 18:26     ` [PATCH v3 05/12] sparse-checkout: fix documentation typo for core.sparseCheckoutCone Jeff King via GitGitGadget
2020-01-28 18:26     ` [PATCH v3 06/12] sparse-checkout: cone mode does not recognize "**" Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-28 18:26     ` [PATCH v3 07/12] sparse-checkout: detect short patterns Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-28 18:26     ` [PATCH v3 08/12] sparse-checkout: warn on incorrect '*' in patterns Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-28 18:26     ` [PATCH v3 09/12] sparse-checkout: properly match escaped characters Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-29 10:03       ` Jeff King
2020-01-29 13:58         ` Derrick Stolee
2020-01-29 14:04           ` Derrick Stolee
2020-01-28 18:26     ` [PATCH v3 10/12] sparse-checkout: write escaped patterns in cone mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-29 10:17       ` Jeff King
2020-01-29 10:33         ` Jeff King
2020-01-29 14:16           ` Derrick Stolee
2020-01-29 14:39             ` Derrick Stolee
2020-01-30  7:29             ` Jeff King
2020-01-30 15:01               ` Derrick Stolee
2020-01-28 18:26     ` [PATCH v3 11/12] sparse-checkout: use C-style quotes in 'list' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-29 10:23       ` Jeff King
2020-01-28 18:26     ` [PATCH v3 12/12] sparse-checkout: improve docs around 'set' in cone mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16     ` [PATCH v4 00/15] Harden the sparse-checkout builtin Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 01/15] t1091: use check_files to reduce boilerplate Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 02/15] t1091: improve here-docs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 03/15] sparse-checkout: create leading directories Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 04/15] clone: fix --sparse option with URLs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 05/15] sparse-checkout: fix documentation typo for core.sparseCheckoutCone Jeff King via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 06/15] sparse-checkout: cone mode does not recognize "**" Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 07/15] sparse-checkout: detect short patterns Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 08/15] sparse-checkout: warn on globs in cone patterns Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 09/15] sparse-checkout: properly match escaped characters Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 10/15] sparse-checkout: write escaped patterns in cone mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 11/15] sparse-checkout: unquote C-style strings over --stdin Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 12/15] sparse-checkout: use C-style quotes in 'list' subcommand Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 13/15] sparse-checkout: escape all glob characters on write Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 14/15] sparse-checkout: improve docs around 'set' in cone mode Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:16       ` [PATCH v4 15/15] sparse-checkout: fix cone mode behavior mismatch Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-01-31 20:36       ` [PATCH v4 00/15] Harden the sparse-checkout builtin Elijah Newren
2020-02-03 14:09         ` Derrick Stolee
2020-02-08 23:32           ` Taylor Blau
2020-02-09 17:27             ` Junio C Hamano

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